The North Central Missouri College men's basketball team is playing its best basketball of the season, having won four games in a row, including Wednesday night's 99-58 victory over the Graceland University JV.

L'ISLE-VERTE, Qc - Many of the 30 people unaccounted for in a fatal fire in a seniors residence northeast of Quebec City had limited movement and were confined to wheelchairs and walkers, a local official said Thursday.

The Princeton girls and boys basketball teams are in the busiest portion of their seasons, coming off GRC games at Polo and against South Harrison, headed to Milan on Friday night, and going to the Gilman City Tournament next week.

Despite an overall record below .500, the North Central Missouri College Lady Pirates will head to St. Louis this weekend with a perfect 2-0 record in Region 16 play, after a 70-67 win over Cottey College on Tuesday night in Trenton.

The South Harrison Bulldogs and Gallatin Bulldogs won girls and boys basketball games in Grand River Conference play last night, with the Bethany teams traveling to Princeton, and Gallatin taking on Polo.

Trenton City Adminstrator Kerry Sampson has identified several ideas that city officials will explore regarding cleanliness and pedestrian safety in front of the ConAgra foods plant which is on Harris Avenue in Trenton.

Citing federal budget restrictions, Missouri's Department of Natural Resources yesterday turned down a request for amending a waste-water permit from a Gallatin business that sought to slaughter horses for meat consumption.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) ‚ÄĒ A Missouri House committee is considering raising the amount of assets elderly and disabled Medicaid recipients can hold in order to be eligible for the state health care program.

A collection of works by a St. Charles, Missouri area painter will continue the 2013-2014 exhibition schedule in the Dorris Rider Art Gallery at North Central Missouri College in Trenton.¬† ‚ÄúPaintings by Mary Nasser‚ÄĚ is open and will run through February 21st.

The Grundy county nursing home district board, at a meeting yesterday, approved the contractor‚Äôs request for the latest payment of over 66 thousand dollars for workcompleted on the additional apartments for the residential care facility in Trenton.

All three of Trenton High School's varsity winter sports teams were in action on Tuesday night, with the basketball teams splitting home games with Chillicothe, and the wrestling team struggling in a road triangular at Brookfield.